Senior VMware Cloud Foundation Architect (Remote - Italy)

Penta Consulting Ltd; Italia; Remote; EUR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Penta Consulting Ltd is seeking an experienced Senior VMware Cloud Foundation Architect to lead design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise private and hybrid cloud platforms. This remote 6-month contract role requires fluent Italian and hands-on expertise in VCF and related technologies.

Responsibilities include defining cloud strategies, designing target architectures, and driving automation with Terraform, Ansible, and PowerCLI.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing VMware Cloud Foundation environments within large enterprise organisations.
• Strong expertise in VCF, vSphere, NSX-T, vSAN, Aria Suite, and enterprise virtualisation technologies.
• Proven experience with private cloud, hybrid cloud, and infrastructure transformation programmes.
• Solid understanding of networking, storage, disaster recovery, and security best practices.
• Experience integrating VMware platforms with AVS, VMware Cloud on AWS, or other cloud services.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and deployment of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) solutions.
• Define cloud strategies, target architectures, and technology roadmaps aligned to business objectives.
• Design and implement solutions across vSphere, NSX-T, vSAN, Aria Suite, HCX, and Tanzu.
• Drive platform automation and standardisation using Terraform, Ansible, PowerCLI, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
• Provide technical leadership, governance, and architectural oversight throughout project lifecycles.
• Support cloud transformation, data centre modernisation, and workload migration initiatives.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, networking, security, and application teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Skills

VMware Cloud Foundation

vSphere

NSX-T

vSAN

Aria Suite

HCX

Kubernetes

Tanzu

Terraform

Ansible

PowerCLI

Infrastructure as Code

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

PowerCLI

Job description

Penta Consulting Ltd is seeking an experienced Senior VMware Cloud Foundation Architect to lead design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise private and hybrid cloud platforms. This remote 6-month contract role requires fluent Italian and hands-on expertise in VCF and related technologies.

Responsibilities include defining cloud strategies, designing target architectures, and driving automation with Terraform, Ansible, and PowerCLI.